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The Entrepreneur’s Wish List – What One Founder Is Eyeing For The Holidays

YoungUpstarts

By Stephen Tanenbaum, co-founder and CEO of UGallery. I’m a startup founder and I spend more time at the office than I’d like to admit. SeatGeek is an easy-to-use ticket marketplace that aggregates listings to let you find great seats for one-of-a-kind events. Stephen Tanenbaum is co-founder and president of UGallery.com.

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COVID-19 – Accelerating The Destruction Of Corporate Arrogance

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by Joseph Heller, CEO & Founder of The/Studio Technologies. I’ve been working with large retailers and fashion brands since 2006, and I recognized almost immediately that this industry would get disrupted sooner than later. In 2015, McKinsey did a study of average corporate lifespans on the S&P 500. The dinosaurs?

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Zweena Aggregates Your Medical Records For Easy Management

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It is essentially a digital medical records aggregator that takes care of everything; from collecting paper records, to translating through the jargon, to securely storing it all online. pharmaceutical industry to start the company in 2006. John Phelan, founder of Zweena. ” Leveraging Technology. . ” asks Phelan.

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Evolution of a Founder: Lessons I have learned

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Om Malik is the founder of GigaOM. He is the founder of Desiparty.com. Evolution of a Founder: Lessons I have learned. Being a startup founder is hard, tough, frustrating and rewarding – possibly all within the space of a nanosecond. Are You Winning As a Founder? He is a venture partner at True Ventures.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

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by Joe Duncan, founder of Duncan Capital LP. Here digital intercepts of consumer activities are aggregated into large data sets, analysed, and assessed versus market expectations. Today employment in the sector is comparable to levels from 2005-2006 when revenues were also similar. Revisiting our components let’s see why.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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. $5mm in Series A – Investors: GRP (Mark Suster)(lead), Greycroft Partners (Dana Settle), and Matt Coffin (founder of LowerMyBills) – Read more: TechCrunch , SoCalTech. Swipely – Blippy competitor founded by TellMe founder, Angus Davis, in Fall 2009. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Led by General Catalyst with participation by co-founders Steve Hafner & Paul English.